Lasting-machine



(No Model) SNOW LASTING MACHINE.-

No. 583,404. Patented May 25 ,189'7.'

INVBNTEIR- WITNESEBE- UNITED STATES ATENT .FFICE,

STEPHEN SNOW, OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

" LASTlNQ-SMACHI N E.

i v SFEdIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,404, dated May 25, 1897.

Everett, in the dounty of Middlesex and State; of Massachusetts, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Lasting-Machines, of which the following, taken in connection with and described in Grandy,

the accompanying drawings, isa specifica tion.

My invention relates to lasting-machines in which lasting plates or wipers are employed for wiping the upper over the last at the toe and heel, and more particularly to an improved last band or clamp for use in such a machine. l

The object of my invention is to simplify the construction of a' lasting-machine of the type mentioned, and to improve its operation by so arranging the last' band or clamp that it will be carried by thelasting plates or wipers, and thus be quicker and more accurate in operation than those heretofore used.

A further object is the production of a last band or clamp which shall be readily ad j nstable to various sizes and shapes of lasts.

To this end my invention consists of a last band onc'lamp carried by and movable with the lasting-plates also of a lastband or clamp eomposed of sections elasticallyconnected together inorder that it may adjust itself to the end of the last; and it further consists of the details of construction which are hereinafter particularly pointed out and, claimed.

My invention is fully described in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure I is a plan of the lasting-head of a lasting-machine with the last band or clamp attached. Fig. 2 is a reverse plan view, partly in section, of the lasting plates or Wipers, showing the relative location of the last band or clamp to the edges of the lasting plates or facing-pad,which mayconven'iently beformed II, which may be 95 wipers; and Fig; 3 is a front edgeview.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown it as applied to a lastingmachine similar in construction to that shown United States patent to dated January 7, 1896, No. 552,834; but it is obvious that my invention relates generally to all that class or type of lastingmachines wherein lasting plates or wipers are Application filed May 27, 1896. Serial Ila-593,220. (N0 model.)

employed I have selected the toe-lasting devices of this machine for the purpose of illustrating my invention; but I desire to state that it is equally applicable to the heellasting devices.

Intlre drawings the bearing 5, the wormgear 7 the worm 8, the lasting-plates 10, the

- stem 14, the cross-bar 13, links 24, and handmay be the same as parts lever. 19 are or designated by similar reference-numeralsTin the machine of the patent above referred to, the lasting-plates being slightly altered to adapt them to carry the last band or clamp.

4 My last band or {clamp is shown as. com- 6 5.

but it is obvious that posed of threesections, I any 'desired huniberof sections could beisubstituted therefor. These sections may be fprmed of' the block B and the intermediate chain-links A, and I struction to be very satisfactory in use. The

' blocks B may conveniently be square in crosssection and are each connected to the intermediate section A by some suitable. flexible and-preferably extensible articulation orcon- 7 nection, so constructed that the sections 'may have a free relative swinging movement and a limited relative extensible movement. The connection shown has been found to be well adapted for the purpose, and consists of short coiled springs W, which are secured at one of their ends in recesses W in the blocks B,.and at their other ends are .pivotally connected to the intermediate section A by thelpins The section A is chain-links, which arepivotally connected to H? preferably each'other by the pin 1). Instead of forming" the intermediate section of thelinks I may substitute therefora coiled spring'of sufiicien t length o space the distance between th blocks Bflle lends being fitted therehnas-in v The blocksB ar I,

the case of the springs XV. each provided with a guide-support for the other suitable material, is attached to the last band or clamp and secured by any suitable means, the ends being held thereto by the have foundsuch a con- 70 formed of the 85 i lasted.

clasps" E, that 1608a, encircle, the guideguideithe plates-13. These-plates? have bearings, in which areflogsely-snstainedithe o headed screws 0, to which .the blocks. B are attached, the construction being. such that the-blocks; B may'- have a free pivotal movement and also a limited slidingmovement toward and from'the workifng edges got 'the S lastingplates, and thus the band orjpl'aimp, of which the blocksfprm aLpai't, adjust itself to the'ftoe o'f the The operation is as follows: Iii lasti g the zo toe of 'theshoe the lasting plates 10 are forced forward over the toejofithe las tticausing the I V j central edgepontion of the platesi to'eomeinm contact with they llppfi f and wipe and turn-.

V} the edge thereof over upon the ast, Sin1 ulv 235" 'ta'neous with the forward. mov mentjof the n -lasti'ng-plates the last band or clamp carried -;/th ereby is moved forward,;and the section A ."of the last band orlclamp comes in contact with the upperta'nd lastat the extreme toe jo-portionofi'thelast', and ppon the continual forward and closing movement oft-he wipers,

' the sect-ion A being restrained from further Y pivoted sections,guide-bars thereomand a 'fac'i'ng pad supported-by and'movable onsaid iimen ent :bycontact' with the upper and last, theeitensihlearticulations"wilfiperniitf a further movement of the blocks B and at the same time cause the blocks to turn; on their supports and to be brought in close con- .tact with the upper'at the sides of. the loo portiof the last, the facing-padlC at he 40 same time moving on the guides H,; and t us clamping or binding the upper to the last all around th'etoe, causing it to be smohthed out and fi-tted'tothe last and-tightly liolding it 1 during the lasting operation. i

4 a Having fully described my-ihventiomwhat '1.- The combination of the lasting plates or. wipers with a last band or clamjp' carried thereby in position to clamp the upper against 4 my hand, in the presence of two attesting witthe end of the last, substantially ashescribed. 2. In a-lasting-machine, the lasting plates ,on wipers in combination with anadjustable last band or clamp carried thereby in position toclamp the-upper against the end of 5 5 the last, substantially as described; I In a. lasting-machine the combination of .bbeted 4 and afle'xible intermediate section, substaney- 'a y' shoc Lbeing.

the blocks, substantially as; describedas-de'scribedr I Witnesses:

the lasting plates or wipeis-of a last band or clam p. carried thereby-in position to clamp the upper against the endof the last," and meansfor permitting a limited vmovement of the-last band or clamp relative to thei'plates or wipers, substantially asdescribed. I In a lasting-machine, the lasting plates or wipers in combination'with a sectional ad- ;.just ahle last-hand 'onclam p I carried thereby 63 in position to tlamp the upper; against the end of the last, substantially asdescri bed. 5;. In a lasting-machine a sectionallastband or clamp comprising'swiveling endeseotions,

tially as'described. a -t. .In a. "lasting-machine, :s sectional last hand or clamp and the flexibleandlextensible i I articulation joining thesectim'ssubstsntially as describ d,

7. Alast'band comprising 2 3 blocks, and an elastic and-.flexibleh'onnection -between' them, substantiaIIyas-dBscrIbed;

8. "A last band or clamp comprising pivoted and freely-movable sections,'and an elastic connection between .them', substantially as 9. A last band or clamp comprisi'n the clamp proper and a facing-pad carried't ereby, and having a limited movement onLand along the ends thereof, substantially'as described." a .1 a a M v 10; A last band or clamp compfisingthe guide-bars, substantially asvdescribed swiveling TblOck'S, a flexible. connection between the same, and a facing pad secured to 12, A lastfba nd or clamp comprising'srticw lated sections and a pad-facing movably attached to and-mliding on the same, substantially as described, 1 1 a 13.. A lasti-band Qr'clamp' comprising recessed end sections and-an extensihleinter-. mediate sectionhaving-itsends secured in the recesses in saidend section s, substantially In testimony whereof I have hereunto set nesses, this 23d day of May, 189( i.

STEPHEN snow.

HARTLE F. Arwoon, 7'

BENJAMIN PHILLIPS. 7

11. A last band or clamp comprisin'gthe 

